Diversity :Innovation News

The new "Treasures of OTR" Android app that leads users on a scavenger hunt to find community landmarks was created by 12 teenagers from Future Leaders of Over-the-Rhine working with the Creative App Project.

People's Liberty opened Julia Fischer's Play Library last week in its Globe Gallery storefront across from Findlay Market and is already accepting Globe Grant applications to activate the space in 2017.

A recent move to StartupCincy hub Union Hall and exposure to its accelerator and incubator programs has inspired Flywheel and SE Cincy to start a similar resource and support program for social enterprises dubbed Elevator.

Bad Girl Ventures will hold a graduation event for its first "Launch" class June 15 at New Riff Distilling in Bellevue, showcasing women entrepreneurs who are ready to take their businesses to the next level.

ArtsWave partners with national data gathering organization to develop a first-in-the-nation online tool to integrate data on arts organizations and their programming with community demographic details.

Per Scholas, Ingage Partners and Thrive Urban Impact Sourcing partnered to create an intensive course in quality assurance software testing for Cincinnatians unemployed or below the poverty line as well as job opportunities.

The Inventor’s Council of Cincinnati recently hosted its First Filament Awards, a competition for members to be judged by experts and to receive cash prizes to fund development costs of their inventions.